Music Reviews
Bob Dylan - Death Is Not The End (Song)
Death Is Not The End is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his record Down In The Groove. For whatever reason, I went into this track really not expecting all that much but to be honest, I was pretty surprised by the time the song ended. The …
Dismantle The Dictator by Revocation
I recently came across a featured video on youtube by a hardcore band named Revocation. The song Is called Dismantle the Dictator and even though im not a big hardcore kind of metal guy. Im more into the classic rock style and some other styles of rock. I really …
Winner at a Losing Game
Rascal Flatts singing about heart break is also heartbreaking. They know how to get their audience to feel emotion and that’s extremely important for singers to do. This song talks about how hard it is to love someone who does not love you back. Even if you can’t relate …
What dreams are made of by Hillary Duff
“Hey now! Hey now!. This is what dreams are made of”, from a movie soundtrack Lizzie Maguire is the song that inspired me to reach my dreams. Many people said that its okay to think of something impossible, or sometimes what we cal “dreaming”, because its just a dream …
Muse - Blackout (Song)
Blackout is a track by Muse which appears on Absolution. The first thing I want to say about Blackout is that the introduction to this song is the one of the best sections of music that I’ve ever heard Muse write, at least the best out of all the …
Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper
Time After Time is a song by Cyndi Lauper. The song was recorded back in the 1980s, but it is still such a great hit. Cyndi has another version, which is like an unplugged performance, and it is live. I really prefer this version, but it remains a fact …
Metallica - Astronomy (Song)
Astronomy is a track which was originally written by the band Blue Oyster Cult but for this review I shall be reviewing the cover version which Metallica reordered and placed on their cover record, Garage. Inc. I’ll waste no time in this review and state right now that out …
Andrew Jackson Jihad - Big Bird (Song)
Big Bird is a song by Andrew Jackson Jihad and is the sixteenth and final track on their 2011 album entitled Knife Man. Opening up with the vocals singing alone, the track has a similar sound to the track to precede it, Free Bird, in that the vocal performance …
Timeless Favorites: Rodgers & Hammerstein CD
Timeless Favorites: Rodgers & Hammerstein CD is a production released by Reader’s Digest Music. I’m not sure how many of these they did, but I also have one of these with Lerner & Loewe classics on them. There are a number of selections from Carousel, The King …
Soundgarden: Badmotorfinger
Here comes the judge! That’s right, this is the album that proved to the world Soundgarden was a legitimate threat to any rock Gods previous. Badmotorfinger, Soundgarden’s forth album, is where it really starts to get good.
Oh, man. I can hear the start of Rusty Cage playing in …
Cream - Disraeli Gears
Overview - Disraeli Gears, Cream’s second album, is a great musical album and has strong vocal performances as well in just about every track on here. I will say that most of the record is more laid back and mellow but they’re are still some great energetic tracks on …
Song : Soul On The Line by Connor Garvey
I was on the way home from work this evening when a gentle, lilting little love song came through the speakers. I was listening to Sirius radio which came with the car we just bought and decided to settle onto The Coffeehouse Channel. “Soul On The Line” …
Take That - The Flood - Music Video
Whoever had the idea for the Take Thats music video for Flood, stumbled on a great concept for me. Some people might look at this and wonder why on earth someone has put Take That in a rowing boat but that’s because they have not actually taken any note …
Megadeth - Wake Up Dead (Music Video)
Overview —“ Wake Up Dead, a music video and single released by Megadeth for their second record, Peace Sells—¦ But Whose Buying, is the first single ever released by the band and a song that should certainly introduce a listener to the aggressive sounds of Megadeth. To be totally …
Rhythm and Voice of Cultural CD Music
I recently just bought 2 CDs, which have a cultural mix to it, each costing between $19 - $23. I love different cultures and traditions all around the world, and it includes African and Latin music. The first CD is called Acoustic Africa. This CD features …
“Black Sails In The Sunset” by AFI
“Black Sails In The Sunset” is one of the premier punk albums of the 90s. Put simply, it is a solid record with no filler, and provides an hour of some of the best and fullest punk of the 1990s. It is certainly AFI’s best record in my opinion. …
Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
Overview - Blonde On Blonde, Bob Dylan’s seventh effort, is the first of Dylan’s albums to follow his commercially successful album, Like A Rolling Stone. After listening to Like A Rolling Stone I honestly wondered how Dylan would ever top that masterpiece, and to this day I don’t believe …
You’re all I have (Snow Patrol)
You’re all I have is another good hit from Snow Patrol, and like Chasing cars, arguably Snow Patrols most famous hit, the lead singer, Gary Lightbody has a voice which is somewhat appealing. In most of the songs, the lyrics involve Mr Lightbody asking somebody for something, almost pleading. …
The Doors
After the release of their self titled debut album The Doors went on to become legendary.The band held a simple formula for mind expanding performances.Ray Manzerak’s creepy organ playing will always define the world in which Jim Morrison was able to poetically paint.This album is a landmark and very …
Sledding With Tigers - Sunshine (Song)
Sunshine is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the fifth song on their first album, No Randy No. Transitioning fluidly out of Love Songs Are Dumb Songs, Sunshine opens up with a group of cynical lyrics sung by a chorus of voices. Personally, I’ll say right now …
“Feeling On Yo’ Booty” (2001): R. Kelly
R. Kelly
“Feeling On Yo Booty”
TP-2.COM
Jive Records
Director: Billie Woodruff.
We open in a R. Kelly’s bathroom inside his mansion to a close-up of him trimming his beard, then he’s sipping a drink while leaving his hair half-braided and half afro as he sits around a pool in his drawers and sings …
Disclosure ft. Lorde - Magnets (Song )
“Teen hottie” Lorde (or at least that’s what the twittersphere is calling her) has released new music in collaboration with Disclosure. The song titled “Magnets” is included in Disclosure’s newly released album “Caracal” available now everywhere.
Lorde has been absent in the music industry for quite some time now. In …
Party in the USA Music Video by Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus has gained a lot of fame since she came to the Hannah Montana song. Her latest song, “Party in the USA”, practically went viral. It is ridiculous how successful she has been, even with older age groups like college aged kids. Her music video for Party in …
Animal Collective - Sweet Road (Song)
Sweet Road is a song by Animal Collective and is the sixth track on Animal Collective’s record Sung Tongs. Significantly different from the preceding five tracks on the record, the sound on Sweet Road certainly has a more experimental feel to it than preceding tracks and it also struck …
No, No, No - Part 1 (1997): Destiny’s Child
Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: No, No, No (Part 1)
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“No, No, No (Part 1)” was the very first single and music video from the female R&B quartet Destiny’s Child, right off of their self-titled debut album. Watching this music video after all of these years …
Iron Maiden - The Fallen Angel (Song)
The Fallen Angel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Brave New World. The best way that I can describe the instrumental opening of this track is that it has a very driving sound to it both from the three guitarists, Harris’ galloping rhythm, and …
Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have (Song)
Something I Can Never Have is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their debut record, Pretty Hate Machine. Something I Can Never Have opens up with a pretty eerie atmosphere, as with many of the songs that Nine Inch Nails has done, with Reznor playing multiple …
Summertime Blues By Rush
If you know the song Summertime Blues originally by Eddie Cochran which you probably do. Then you might know that it is possibly one of the most covered song of all time almost every band cover their own version of it wheter it be country,rock or even by Progressive …
Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong - Single
Sometimes in life we have conflict with those we never dreamed that we would. They are not nice times but we strive to get through them and after a turbulent 12 months I listened to this song and it made so much sense to me.
With the performer being male …
The Stooges album “The Weirdness” (2006)
I didn’t think it was really fair to go posting this album review after only one listen (after all, this is The Stooges we’re talking about, not Gwen Stefani or something). Incidentally, after first listening to this record my friend and I also indulged …
Globas Divas-Voices from Women CD
As a big fan of international music, I try to expand my collection every so often with a “big hit” CD that I’ll have hours of enjoyment listening to. It’s a much better experience when I’m able to discover a CD that contains lots of different voices, tons of …
“Song Cry” (2002): Jay-Z
Jay-Z
“Song Cry”
The Blueprint
Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z bangs out his line of singles and music videos with his third one called “Song Cry” from his sixth album “The Blueprint”, following “Izzo (H.O.V.A.)” and “Girls, Girls, Girls”. Jay-Z takes us away from the paparazzi and the crowds of women for a slow, quiet, …
Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Step
SRV is the special musician who comes along very so often to reveal to the world the power of music and artistic expression.To me Stevie put a new spin on the idea of emotional music.His guitar playing is in tune with his mind and spirit.In Step is a beautiful …
Metallica - Load
Overview - Load, the first half of a double album, by Metallica marks a serious change in the band: in music but also in image. Although their previous record, The Black Album, was a commercial success, many fans were very disappointed with the style change Metallica went through. I’ll …
GO GO GO Beauty
Usually, I avoid character songs. Not that I hate them, or that they’re always bad, but they just sound odd sometimes. But Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei already has the girls singing in the openings and endings. One of my favorite character songs of theirs is this song, by Yuu Kobayashi.
It …
Muse - Space Dementia (Song)
Space Dementia is a song by Muse which appears on their record Origin Of Symmetry. The track opens up with a graceful piano line that has somewhat of an eerie feel to it but it does exactly what an introduction for a song should do, it makes me want …
Music to Your Ears: A Collection of Holiday Music CD
Music to Your Ears: A Collection of Holiday Music is a CD from Sony Music. It is full of Christmas selections which are orchestral in nature. I do have moments when I love to listen to classical, but usually Christmas isn’t one of them. For the …
Maneater
Maneater by Nelly Furtado is a true song for a lot of chicks now days because they make guys fall in love with them left and right and then they make them do what they want. It kind of sickens me even though I have got guy friends that …
“Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone”
“Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone
Performer: Cinderella
I can officially add “Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone” performed by Cinderella as my favorite take me back song. As I was listening to “Nobody’s Fool”, there was a sidebar of other videos posted by users; I kept …
Here I Am by Leona Lewis
I have heard from the radio that Leona Lewis is a winner of a show in Europe, I think in United Kingdom. If I am not mistaked, she won that ‘X-Factor’ show. After making that hit song ‘Bleeding Love’, I think the song ‘Here I Am’ as another great …
Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
I thought that Doggystyle by Snoop Doggy Dogg was and still is a classic rap album. I remember in 1993 hearing about the album coming out and I just could not wait to go to my local music store to purchase it. I purchased the album on the day …
Singer: Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson is the lead singer of Iron Maiden, but aside that he has also made a name for himself as a Solo Artists over the years releasing many powerful and unique metal albums, similar in sound to his band, Iron Maiden, but different in a sense of originality …
Day and Age, 2008 Album by The Killers
For me personally there are many ways in which this album is a highlight for the career of the band. I think that there are so many songs on it that are good, and I think that the guys are not making any serious mistakes on this album, and …
Still in Love - Kissing You (2007): Beyonce
Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Still in Love (Kissing You)”
Album: B-Day
Label: Columbia
“Still in Love (Kissing You)” is yet another (perhaps the last of them) single and music video from Beyonce’s second album titled “B-Day”, following the long-as-ever list: “Deja Vu”, “Ring the Alarm”, “Irreplaceable”, “Upgrade U”, “Beautiful Liar”, “Suga Mama”, “Get Me …
ESP/LTD Ex-400 Guitar
Overview —“ The ESP/LTD Ex-400 is a guitar that is modeled after the Gibson Explorer but is given a bit more of an aggressive look to it. Many of the specifications of the guitar are pretty similar to other guitars in the LTD 400 range and with a pretty …
Stand Up For Love (2005): Destiny’s Child
Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Stand Up For Love
Album: Destiny Fulfilled
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Matthew Rolston
“Stand Up For Love” is the fifth and final music video and single from Destiny’s Child’s fourth and final album called “Destiny Fulfilled”, it follows their past singles and music videos from the album which are: “Lose …
Animal Collective - #1 (Song)
#1 is a song by Animal Collective and is the sixth track to appear on their record Strawberry Jam. Opening up with an incredibly hypnotizing start, the vocals join the track after a bit of time has passed with a repeating vocal phrase which continues to reinforce the hypnotizing …
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